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'''Pygmies''' are tribal inhabitants of [[Africa]] who are known for their small size.  The Mbuti of the Ituri Forest in [[Zaire]] are well known Pygmies.  Living a stone age type existence, they usually travel together in groups of 50 to 100 and are nomadic hunters.  Pygmies are less than 5 feet in height.<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref>

'''Pygmies''' are tribal inhabitants of [[Africa]] who are known for their small size.  The Mbuti of the Ituri Forest in [[Zaire]] are well known Pygmies.  Living a stone age type existence, they usually travel together in groups of 50 to 100 and are nomadic hunters.  Pygmies are less than 5 feet in height.<ref name="a">The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref>

The term pygmy is sometimes used in modern language to refer to one who is very short of stature.  It is usually considered to be condescending.<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref>

The term pygmy is sometimes used in modern language to refer to one who is very short of stature.  It is usually considered to be condescending.<ref name="a"/>

 

Pygmies have been the victims of [[Darwinian]] [[racism]], which claimed that Pygmies are closer to [[ape]]s than to [[human being|Man]]. By denying that Pygmies, like all humans, descended from [[Noah]] and his family after they exited the [[Ark]], Darwinists were able to dehumanize Pygmies and claim they were merely animals. In one case, a Pygmy named [[Ota Benga]] was kidnapped and placed on display alongside an [[orangutan]] at the [[Bronx Zoo]] in [[1906]].<ref>[http://www.creationresearch.org/crsq/articles/30/otabenga.html "Ota Benga: The Story of the Pygmy on Display in a Zoo"], ''Creation Science Quarterly'', Volume 30, Number 3, December 1993.</ref>

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